Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed19 July 20243336542

Flats 1 and 3, 60 Gloucester Drive, London, N4 2LN

Planning appeal 3336542 at Flats 1 and 3, 60 Gloucester Drive, London, N4 2LN (London Borough of Hackney) was allowed on 19 July 2024 by Inspector Parkin A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

Reconfiguration of basement and ground floor of Flat 1 to include opening up of existing basement bay window to provide lightwell and guardrails to front elevation; erection of single storey rear extension with rooflight and rear patio at basement level at Flat 3 to include alterations to rear elevation fenestration at ground floor; internal reconfiguration of Flat 3 to increase size of flat

Authority
London Borough of Hackney
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Parkin A
Postcode
N4 2LN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The lightwell and extension have an acceptable impact on character and appearance because lightwells are now an established feature of the street, the design is appropriate, and the benefits to outlook and outdoor space justify the departure from SPD guidance.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy D3Policy D4Policy HC1Policy LP1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 56

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

At least 767 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Hackney

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Allowed11 August 20266010297
    Flat A 141 Amhurst Road, London, E8 2AW
  2. Allowed9 June 20266004594
    8-9 Gloucester Square, Haggerstone, London, E2 8RS
  3. Allowed8 June 20266009364
    19 St Andrews Grove, London, N16 5NF
  4. Dismissed9 April 20263376175
    177 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6PJ
  5. Allowed17 October 20253372224
    20 Bergholt Crescent, London, N16 5JE

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.